Wichita police are searching for a suspect after a teenager reported being attacked and robbed of his Kansas State hat.
The Wichita Eagle reports the 19-year-old victim tells police the man approached him during the weekend while the teen was walking and demanded his knit cap and shoes. He says t...

A prosecutor has decided that no criminal charges are warranted in the death of a Missouri woman at a Kansas jail.
Fifty-eight-year-old Brenda Sewell of Kansas City, Missouri, was jailed in Sherman County when she died Jan. 22. She and her sister had been arrested two days earlier for possessing ...

The fall harvest of crops in Kansas is mostly in the bin now. Winter wheat planting is done. And calving is still months away.
Kansas farmers and ranchers are taking advantage of the seasonal lull this week to gather together to socialize, hash out farm policy aims and gather information at three...

A 65-foot artificial tree that is touted as the state's tallest holiday tree is lighting downtown Manhattan.
The Manhattan Mercury reports that the nearly $100,000 artificial tree grew by 15 feet this year for the second Festival of Lights. It features lights that change according to the rhythm o...

A Salina pilot was killed and three other people were hurt when a small plane crashed in Missouri early Sunday morning.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol says that the pilot, Charles Sojka of Salina, was killed in the crash around 9 a.m. Sunday near the airport in Boonville, Missouri. Passengers ...

A cold front bringing with it arctic air Sunday morning put an abrupt end to a couple of days of record setting warmth.
According to the National Weather Service, gusty north winds of 15 to 25 mph are drawing much colder air into the region. By mid-late afternoon, most of Kansas will have temper...

A special guest is basing at the Salina Regional Airport again this year. Did you know that Capt. Kringle has based out of the Salina Regional Airport every December for the past five years to make his final preparations for his ever-famous 'round the world flight?
While he is in town, K-State S...

Power up and shop. Millions of Americans are expected to logon to e-commerce sites Monday to take advantage of deals ranging from free shipping to hundreds of dollars off electronics and half-price clothing on what is expected to be the busiest Internet shopping day of the year, Cyber Monday.
The...

The crowds of bargain hunters that rush through store doors the day after Thanksgiving have thinned out.
U.S. shoppers spent $9.1 billion at stores on Black Friday, according to data out Saturday from research firm ShopperTrak. That's a drop of 7 percent compared with the same day last year.
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Researchers at Washington State University are working on a breath test to determine if a driver is under the influence of marijuana.
The News Tribune reports that law enforcement officers have a test for alcohol, but they don't have a tool to test for marijuana impairment. Right now, officers mu...